Chris Watts to be sentenced for killing pregnant wife, 2 daughters
 
Chris Watts is scheduled to be in a Colorado court at 10 a.m. MST.
 
Shanann was reported missing August 13 after she missed a doctor’s appointment.

Her husband initially appeared on television pleading for help finding his wife and daughters. Later, he admitted he murdered them.

Despite the guilty plea, Watts’ parents said they believe there is more to the story.

“It boils down to: I just want the truth of what really happened”, said Ronnie Watts, Chris’ father. “If he did it all, I can live with it. If he didn’t, I want him to fight for it”.

Shanann’s family pushed back saying her memory and reputation should be protected.

“Shanann was a wonderful soul. Everyone who knew Shanann knows this to be true. Even Chris Watts knows this to be true. Yet Chris Watts still chose to murder Shanann, Bella, Celeste, and Nico. Chris Watts still chose to dump the bodies of his own family in oil tanks. And Chris Watts still chose to lie about it until he could lie no more”. He pled guilty to murdering his family because he is guilty.

In court Monday, Shanann’s parents will be allowed to speak.

Watts is expected to receive life in prison without the chance of parole. His eligibility for the death penalty was removed as part of the plea deal.

                                           (Disponível em: <https://abc13.com/us-world/>.) 

Mavis took one end and I the other and together we carefully manoeuvred the old brass bed through the bedroom door and the open verandah doors.

We lifted it over the balustrade into the hands of family waiting below.

Carrying it over the lavender, under the low Albizia branches, then past the roses, they gently put it down in the middle of the freshly mown lawn.

Chantelle carried out the cotton sheets, the embroidered pillows, and finally the multi-coloured blanket her great-grandmother had knitted for me.

Tonight, on her 90th birthday, my mother wants to sleep out under the stars.
 

(Disponível em: <www.readersdigest.com.au/true-stories-lifestyle/reader-stories/100-Word-Stories-2016>.)

Mavis took one end and I the other and together we carefully manoeuvred the old brass bed through the bedroom door and the open verandah doors.

We lifted it over the balustrade into the hands of family waiting below.

Carrying it over the lavender, under the low Albizia branches, then past the roses, they gently put it down in the middle of the freshly mown lawn.

Chantelle carried out the cotton sheets, the embroidered pillows, and finally the multi-coloured blanket her great-grandmother had knitted for me.

Tonight, on her 90th birthday, my mother wants to sleep out under the stars.
 

(Disponível em: <www.readersdigest.com.au/true-stories-lifestyle/reader-stories/100-Word-Stories-2016>.)

         Spanish Congress moves to decriminalize insulting the king
 
Spanish Congress agreed on Tuesday to discuss reforms to the Criminal Code that would soften or even eliminate crimes such as insulting the king, inciting terrorism and offending religious sentiments.
 
Freedom of expression has to be understood not only of inoffensive ideas but rather those that contradict, attack or upset the state
 
The initiative, put forward by left-wing party Unidos Podemos, has the support of the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) and nationalist parties but has been rejected by center-right groups Ciudadanos and the Popular Party (PP), who say it is a “free-for-all against symbols and institutions”. The opposition parties argue the PSOE is supporting the reform to repay nationalist parties for backing the no-confidence motion that ousted PP leader Mariano Rajoy from power and saw Pedro Sánchez of the PSOE become prime minister.

On Tuesday, parliament voted 180 in favor and 160 against reforming the Criminal Code. If this majority holds and there are no further amendments or postponements, within a few months it will no longer be a crime to insult the king, national symbols and state institutions, or offend religious sentiment. The PSOE and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) have, however, warned they want to put “limits” on the reform.

(Disponível em: <https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/10/24/inenglish/1540373559_454299.html>.)

         Spanish Congress moves to decriminalize insulting the king
 
Spanish Congress agreed on Tuesday to discuss reforms to the Criminal Code that would soften or even eliminate crimes such as insulting the king, inciting terrorism and offending religious sentiments.
 
Freedom of expression has to be understood not only of inoffensive ideas but rather those that contradict, attack or upset the state
 
The initiative, put forward by left-wing party Unidos Podemos, has the support of the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) and nationalist parties but has been rejected by center-right groups Ciudadanos and the Popular Party (PP), who say it is a “free-for-all against symbols and institutions”. The opposition parties argue the PSOE is supporting the reform to repay nationalist parties for backing the no-confidence motion that ousted PP leader Mariano Rajoy from power and saw Pedro Sánchez of the PSOE become prime minister.

On Tuesday, parliament voted 180 in favor and 160 against reforming the Criminal Code. If this majority holds and there are no further amendments or postponements, within a few months it will no longer be a crime to insult the king, national symbols and state institutions, or offend religious sentiment. The PSOE and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) have, however, warned they want to put “limits” on the reform.

(Disponível em: <https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/10/24/inenglish/1540373559_454299.html>.)